Merry Meet Monday - Witchy News of the Week (Mar 23 - 29) 🌓

Welcome to your weekly update about what’s happening in the forum and the witchy world at large :newspaper_roll:

Here’s the news for this week :eyes:



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Upcoming Events :spiral_calendar:

Mark your calendars so you don’t miss out on these upcoming events and occasions!


First-Quarter-Moon-Spells

[ [ Moon Phase: First Quarter Moon :first_quarter_moon: ] ]

Wednesday, March 25

This week we will be blessed by the light of a first quarter moon. The exact time you will see this moon phase depends on your location :telescope:

The Spells8 Moon Magick Guide to First Quarter Moon Magick notes that this moon phase is an excellent time to take action towards making your dreams become reality and bringing about positive growth. It is a great time for forward movement and healing :hugs:

Ready for More Moon Magick? You can find complementary spells and rituals for tonight’s moon on the Spells8 Lunar Spell Page :astrology_moon:


[ [ Group Ritual :candle: ] ]

Thursday, March 26

You’re invited to a group ritual meditation- this activity and discussion is open to all active coven members :tea: The ritual has step-by-step instructions that you can join in on your own schedule at any time during the duration of the ritual.

Group rituals are held on Thursday in A Sacred Space and remain open through the weekend. Feel free to check out the most recent group ritual to get an idea about what to expect.

UPDATE: This week’s group ritual can be found here:

(Group Ritual - Mar 26) :quartz_crystal: Crystal Grid Ritual


Fun Friday

[ [ Fun Friday :tada: ] ]

Friday, March 27

The end of the week means it’s time for some fun! Come join @Feathertip on a weekly exploration through thought-provoking questions - all in the name of a good time with your coven mates.

New questions are shared in the Fun Friday discussion every weekend.


Other Events - MMM

[ [ Additional Events of Interest :mag: ] ]

Other interesting events this week include:

Stay on top of witchy news with the NEW 2026 Pagan Holiday Calendar. You can also add the Spells8 Forum Events Calendar to your digital calendar :spiral_calendar:



Ongoing Activities :raised_hands:

These activities are ongoing and are open to enjoy whenever you’d like - feel free to participate any time before their deadlines!


codes and ciphers

[ [ Witchy Challenge :trophy: ] ]

Join your coven and explore an area of magick! These challenges encourage magickal learning - everyone is warmly encouraged to participate in a way that reflects their unique magickal practice. All entrants receive a small prize.

Are you ready? Join the current challenge here:

This challenge will remain open until: Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 AM ET (Eastern US Time)


Tarot Challenge

[ [ Tarot Journey :flower_playing_cards: ] ]

Improve your tarot (or oracle) reading skills here! This month-long exploration of the cards is hosted by @katharina. Check back each day for a new daily prompt to work on and explore a weekly creative prompt to help you connect with your deck.

Visit the Tarot space:


Lenormand Challenge

[ [ Lenormand Challenge :joker: ] ]

Have you used Lenormand cards before? Branch out and explore a fascinating method of divination! This month-long exploration of the cards is hosted by @dan3. Check back each day for a new daily prompt to work on with your deck.

Visit the Lenormand Challenge here:


Runes Challenge

[ [ Rune Practice :raido: ] ]

Want to jump into runes for the first time, or perhaps improve your runic reading skills? Come join this month-long exploration of runes hosted by @dan3! Participants are invited to draw daily runes that align with a monthly theme.

Explore runes here:


Oracle Challenge

[ [ Oracle Work :joker: ] ]

Level up your oracle abilities through hands-on experience with The Court of Light and Shadow Deck and exercises designed by @Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth. Explore monthly themes and daily prompts to help deepen your practice with your cards.

Visit the Oracle discussion here:


Self-Care Challenge

[ [ Self-Care Month Challenge :heart: ] ]

Self-care is important, but can be hard to do on your own - for accountability and companionship, come join the Month of Self-Care! Everyone is welcome to come share a daily update and check in with the coven.

Visit the Self-Care Challenge here:


[ [ Spells8 Book Club :books: ] ]

Calling all book-lovers, the Spells8 Book Club is now in session! This is a space for witchy readers and book lovers. For more information about this session of Book Club, please head over to the current thread in Activities :


March EEC 2026

[ [ Energy Exchange Circle :hugs: ] ]

The Energy Exchange Circle is hosted in the Energy Exchange and is the place to connect and share love with fellow Coven members going through hard times. To do a good deed and show that you care, consider leaving a note of support in the current thread:


coven member birthdays

[ [ Coven Member Birthdays :birthday: ] ]

Let’s celebrate! Here is a space to honor coven members on their birthdays. If you wish to appear in this list, please set your birthday on your profile.

Come wish your fellow coven members well on their special days:


Study Buddies

[ [ Magickal Study Buddies :books: ] ]

Ready to bring your studies to the next level? Work together with a buddy! Magickal study buddies are fellow practitioners who are studying the same areas of the Craft as you. Connect with others to boost motivation, gain inspiration, stay accountable, and (hopefully!) make new friends with similar magickal interests :mage:

The Magickal Study Buddies discussion will remain open indefinitely for connecting with fellow magickal learners. Happy studies! :woman_mage:


Spell A Day - Crystal Galaxy

[ [ A Spell A Day :sparkles: ] ]

Want to add some magick to your day, but not sure what to cast? The Spell-A-Day has you covered!

Over the years, a vast archive of magickal spells, resources, information and more has been collected from around Spells8. Every day, one spell that taps into the energy of the day is brought out of the library and put on display for all to see and enjoy.

There is a new spell post every day, so stop by A Sacred Space > Spell-A-Day whenever you visit the forum to see the recommended daily spell!



New Members :wave:

Merry meet to the new members who have joined the Spells8 Forum over the past week!

:infinite_roots: Welcome to the Forum and the Infinite Roots Coven! :infinite_roots:

@natalie14 - @shellie - @bonnie2 - @kelly4 - @hanna - @Bryannah - @amanda13 - @patricia18 - @hayley - @vanesa - @Water - @carla1 - @johnny2 - @melodie1 - @jennifer17 - @cynthia25 - @joslin - @emma - @micaela2 - @cap - @louise - @ben4

If you haven’t done so already, please get started by creating a new topic in the Introductions category. Feel free to share a bit about who you are and your journey into practicing magick, or simply say a quick hello - we’d love to meet you! :wave: :heart:

Wishing you a very warm welcome to the forum! :hugs:



Special Shout-Outs :loudspeaker:

Forum Super Stars

Each week, those who share the most posts and give the most hearts receive a shout-out and thank you for their contributions.

Shout-outs from this past week go to:

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and love with the coven, it is greatly appreciated :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Click here to learn more about Activity Shout-Out Rewards

Anyone who earns a shout-out for three weeks in a row is awarded the special MMM badge (and will not be counted in Activity shout-outs again for a two-month rest period, so that others will have a chance to earn the badge too!) . Those who have won the MMM badge 5 times will no longer be counted, as they have earned their place in the legendary Forum Hall of Fame :trophy:

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And Thank YOU!

We’d also like to say a very big thank you to all members of Spells8 :infinite_roots:

Your contributions and presence here help to make this a welcoming and supportive place for solitary witches all around the world. Thanks for being a part- Spells8 can’t exist without you! :hugs::sparkling_heart:



Did you have a nice sabbat and equinox? :sun: Any fun plans for the end of March, or are you ready for April? :hatching_chick:

Whether it’s magickal or mundane, feel free to share your plans for the week, chat about upcoming spellwork, or give a shout-out to your fellow coven members in the comments below.

Blessed be :first_quarter_moon: :sparkles:

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Congrats on the shout-outs, my friends! The Coven is blessed to have you here sharing your wisdom and humor. You rock!!

Welcome to you all - we’re so happy you decided to join us!

I’m finally going to have my electrical projects done this week. :partying_face: The electrician came by over the weekend, ostensibly to just give us a quote, but he ended up walking through the whole house and also stepping outside to look at our connections. I felt like I’d been given a mini-home inspection and it was wonderful! I’m sure he sees a lot of these circa-1950 bungalows that need a lot of upgrades or retro-fitting, but thankfully ours passed muster except for some of the outlets and fixtures that were already on our to-do list.

Anyway - that’s the extent of my excitement. I’m looking forward to getting the new ceiling lights installed because of couple of them are quite vintage and should look amazing. The boring stuff will get done, too, but it’s all about the fun stuff for me. :smile:

I hope everyone has a lovely week - it’s the last full week of March already - I can hardly believe how fast it seems to have gone by! March can be a looooong slog while we wait for the warmth! Blessings to you all! :heart: :feather:

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:tada: Congratulations on the shout-outs :tada: and thank you both for your contributions to the forum. :folded_hands:t2: :pink_heart:

It’s been a heck of a week (already :joy:). I unexpectedly ended up being the only one in for the morning cat care shift this morning but got done before Adoptions opened :tada: then came home and within 30 minutes discovered that there’s a water leak at a hose bib inside the foundation and our sealed crawl space has standing water on top of the plastic and mud underneath sooooo - this derails my day as we figure out emergency steps to cap the line (so that we can turn our water back on and byspass the leak) while I work on getting a plumber out this week to fix it.

Likely won’t get a chance to do much of anything for the challenge, but I’ll try to post what my idea was. Most of last week got eaten up by working on the tax binder to give to our accountant and a survey to send to the estate attorneys. I bought a whole bunch of garden dirt for my raised gardens and have plans to garden today, but that is not meant to be :laughing:

Wishing everyone a safe, calm and productive start to their week! :pink_heart:

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Congratulations absolutely fabulous :star_struck:

@Feathertip I’m glad it passed, now you can enjoy the things you love doing. It’ll be warm soon. :cold_face:

@Artemisia oh dear, I hope it all goes to plan for reasonable cost. :grimacing:

My rune studies are :thinking: difficult, challenging, unexpectedly heading in a direction I didn’t want to go but hey what’s new there :person_shrugging::rofl: My homework list is:

Learn old Norse - never gonna happen :laughing:

Go through at least 1 year of initiation that involves the closed practice side of runes known as the silent period - umm :flushed_face: has he met me, I talk, talk talk talk :rofl:

Then at least 3 UtiSeta (sitting out) where I sit under a tree, or a mound or a cemetery, in the middle of nowhere from sunset to sunrise to receive visions. :thinking: I’ve done 1 hour and something grabbed my hand (quite normal in these UtiSetas apparently) but I s***t myself, packed up my stuff and legged it :rofl::flushed_face:

Oh dear, it’s a laugh and I’m sure I’ll get there, but I don’t think my mentors too impressed when I tell him that before I’m sitting out anywhere, I’m absolutely checking for spiders. :spider::spider::spider:

Have a lovely week.

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Congratulations on the shout outs guys! Awesome work!

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Oh, no - nononono!!! I feel your pain! Hopefully you can get someone out there quickly since it’s inside the foundation. Gah!! What a way to start the week. WIshing you best of luck with getting it fixed quickly! Hang in there.

Whoa!!! I’d be trekking out of there quickly, too! It all sounds like it could be quite lovely but - it’s all good fun until something unseen grabs you by the hand. :open_mouth:

It all sounds magickal and challenging and kinda freaky at the same time! I’m not sure I could do it. You’re awesome!

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You can do it, I’ll get used to the spirits physical touches with practice, but I’m just a chicken with the bugs :rofl:

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Congratulations Dan and Eirs on your Shout-Outs

Blessings to all members whatever you have planned tor this week. I will be participating in the Tea Ritual will have of :thinking: which one and have some self-care​:waning_crescent_moon:

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Congratulations @dan3 and @Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth!

@Feathertip I feel you with the electrical thing. I think my house was built in the 1940’s. The electric is a little wonky. Especially in the bathroom when I’m straightening my hair. :rofl:

@Artemisia, good luck with that water leak. It sounds like a nightmare.

@tracyS from sun up to sun down? I would lay down in the grass and go to sleep. Well, not in Texas. We have fire ants. If we someone laying on the grass, we know they aren’t from Texas and they learn their lesson pretty quick!

I hope everyone has a beautiful, magickal week!

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Fire ants! Oh my, you can tell it’s a Northern Europe tradition, wouldn’t do 5 minutes with fire ants :rofl:

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Congratulations to @dan3 and @Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth! Y’all are rocking it!

Speaking of rocking it, did y’all know that the moon got a massive new crater?

Yay! I’m glad you got good advice and that you’re getting your home projects done! You’ll have to show us your vintage lights! And yeah, this year is already going by way too fast! It makes the wait between paydays better, but sheesh!

Good gads! Here I thought my Monday morning started out sucky. Hope things get better for you, love!

Wow, that does not sound fun. And I don’t blame you for running. But I’m sure you’ll get there! And yeah, defiantly check for spiders and any other prank type animals around. Do they have fire ants over there? Love the scardy cat gif!

I look forward to seeing you this Thursday!

Man, I should have read ahead, shouldn’t I?

Well, I woke up early this morning and the power was out. But I had to go to the doctor so I couldn’t go to back to bed. So that was a fun morning. My radio gets cruddy reception here, so I need to get a new one. It was supposed to be mild today so I went out without my coat.

By the time I got home, it was drizzling and 35. It wasn’t supposed to be that cold all day today! So I went out without my coat. Oh well, hopefully I wasn’t out in it long enough to catch a chill. I got discharged from one of my many doctors. Not one I was worried about anything, but still, it was nice to know I don’t have to go back! My boo-boos on my feet are better too, so yay!

No big plans for me this week. I’m gonna be boring. I’m even way ahead for my recipes for next week! I’m on a roll!

Hope everyone has a good week!

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We had them in Georgia, too! Ant hills nearly a foot high sometimes, and hard to get rid of! :ant:

I like these tiny little black ants here up North - not nearly as intimidating as a fire ant. You always knew when one was biting. :open_mouth:

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I will! I’m so sick of looking at them in their boxes. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Congrats on getting discharged from another doctor - and I’m glad to hear your feet are better!

Stay warm out there - it was spitting snow earlier when we were running errands and I went for my big fat coat. It’s still March!

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I bought a celing fan about, three? Yeah, three years ago. I need to ask for them to put it up again. They say they will, but it never happens. I’m not even sure if they will now that building manager moved up and her hubby moved into her spot. He might be more willing to follow the rules now.

Or he may want to get punished, who knows?

Thanks, love! I’m hoping my feet won’t be this big thing, since I went early and got it nipped in the bud.

And stop saying four letter words! The S word is not allowed! LOL!

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:rofl: Okay - I’ll stick with this instead: :snowflake:

:innocent:

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:tada::confetti_ball::bouquet:

Congratulations!

Yay! Enjoy the upgrades!

Good hunting! Glad you found it before there was too much damage.

Sounds like an intense learning curve. Give it a little bit of a try, even if you aren’t perfect at your homework. Better that they grabbed your hand and not something else! I’d freak, too, the first time. The second time, I might try to stay a bit longer to see what they might have to say. What would happen if you acknowledged the touch aloud and admitted your feelings before reacting? I’m curious that way.

And if astronauts need that kind of protection on the moon, they’d better take it with them to Mars as well! We really don’t know what could happen so far from home.

So happy to hear you’re healing in several areas!

Do you realize how many four letter words are out there? :ogre: The F word could be feet! Just thought I’d torment a bit. S could be star. :grin: I’ll give you a four letter H word: multiple :people_hugging::people_hugging::people_hugging:!

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Yeay we do enjoy our regular yummy treats. :partying_face:

Will do that, I wonder what they’ll say, probably get over my fear of bugs :rofl: :green_heart:

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Thank you, love! I’m glad you do! And I’ve found some beautiful cakes and treats for May Flowers/Beltane/Mother’s Day!

NOOOO!

:sun: :sun_with_face: :sun:

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:rofl:

I’m with ya, girl - you know I am! :sun: :sunflower:

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